Sunday, March 8, 2015

14 Street Stretch of Kindness

I have not had the opportunity to search for a glimpse of enlightenment
while climbing mountains in Tibet, doing yoga on the beaches of Bali or sitting
quietly in an Ashram in India. Most of us don’t or can’t. It would be
nice if we could drop our problems in a basket at the front door and pack our
backpack and go somewhere to find the meaning of our lives.

Most of us get to grab a moment of learning in a strand of overheard
conversation, in a snippet found in a dog-eared book or wandering around like we usually
do in our lives. Up grocery aisles, dropping off kids to soccer practise, tying
ribbons on the end of braids or putting together the remnants of a broken
heart, this is when our learning arrives.

When do you hear that whisper, that voice that tells you
This Is Important, pay attention now. We want to hold onto it, but yet again it
can escape our grasp if we don't stop and listen.

We are driving down 14 Street, right by the Hospital, and we
can see a car weaving in and out of traffic and ….my instant reaction is to
mutter JACKASS. In that moment this morning, I had to pause, and that little
voice said to me Kindness.

I watched that big white truck, turn at the big H.

You don’t know whose hand that person is going to hold, you
don’t know who they are going to say hello or goodbye to. You don’t know and it
doesn’t matter. Kindness, such fun to give away!

Enlightened on the route this morning. Connection. Together
as strangers.

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